They're still very much brother and sister, however, and sibling rivalries are constant, but hilarious against the backdrop of sci-fi plots the two are thrown into. Together they form a sort of ying and yang, their differences in nature successfully driving many stories along. She always seems to inadvertantly foil Dexter's latest grand invention or scheme with her propensity to press every button she sees or randomly dance about, crashing through the scenery. She's not the least bit malicious, just terribly curious.
#PORN BUT WITH ED EDD N EDDY SOUND EFFECTS FREE#
Deedee is the free spirited spoil to Dexter's scientific rationalism with blond hair and gigantic blue eyes. While he keeps his lab hidden from his parents, he can't seem to keep anything safe from his sister. They love their children, but are thankfully not beyond discplining lapses in good behavior (when they see them anyway). All of this is hidden in and under his house, and he somehow manages to keep his fantastic playground hidden from his parents, who are replicas of the 1950's sitcom blissfully married perfect couple. He has a gigantic laboratory filled with incredible technology that, while mostly being background scenery, looks the part perfectly (think Frankenstein's lab). His dress and accent are no doubt an homage to the superintelligent "mad genius" character popularized by so many horror and b-films over the years, and fits his character perfectly.
His normal attire is a white lab coat, large rubber gloves and boots, and he speaks in a quasi-German accent (it's never explained why, which makes it all the more fun).
While being smart, he is still very much a child, and prone to all of the problems that would plague your average third grader. Dexter is a red headed third grader with a super keen intelligence that allows him to build contraptions and devices quite fantastic by our 21st century standards, but all still firmly grounded in our science fiction culture that began in the 1950's (and this is sure to appeal to any fan of sci-fi who can appreciate humor). It's the best thing I've seen come out of Cartoon Network's originally produced efforts so far. As a case in point there is Dexter's Laboratory.
Certainly, there's still plenty of slush out there, but the ratio of quality stuff to filler has grown considerably in recent years. The Simpsons really led the way for intelligent cartoons that can appeal to adults without forgetting that animation should be a playground for the imagination. Artists with the same sense of nostalgia as I have seen to it that animation began a slow revival in the 1990's. I grew up in the eighties on Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes, and the original Tom and Jerry and can remember a time before so many cartoons were just toy advertisements or committee-designed slush meant for mass appeal or message preaching that wound up completely lacking in passion. Still being a kid at heart, I'm a large fan of animation.